Researcher Proposes Using LLMs as "Lab Rats" for Studying Human Behavior
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-16
The original tweet suggests a research framing: LLMs are not meant to replace human experimentation, but to serve as our "lab rat." Just as biologists gain insights from working with mice despite mice not being human, those studying human behavior could use LLMs as a cheap, repeatable experimental proxy.
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